Best search engine. So far no one can dispute that. Bing is trying hard though. In any case, the investors think it's worth a whopping $540 a share, so what more can I say? However, lately Google has been going into areas which others excel in, much more like a copycat than anything. It doesn't bode well. It feels like Google is having "problems" being large!

I’m not quite sure what triggered the latest wave of anti-Google sentiment, from the death of Google Appsto the concept of Google stealing Apple’s ideas (really?) but I suspect it won’t go anywhere. For all the corporate spending on Apple-hatred in the Windows-versus-Mac debate, Apple has gained a sizable share, even against a corporate behemoth with a lock-in application like Microsoft Office. Ultimately, thanks to the Internet, the decision is largely … more

Come on, admit it...we all have googled our own name at least once to see what comes up. It's amazing in this era of technology and the information superhighway to find out how many times our name may appear. People can find out if we have a Facebook, Twitter, Digg or MySpace Account but let's be honest MySpace is so yesterday. Now, Facebook-practically everyone and their mom has a Facebook profile. Celebrities tweet on Twitter. It's been told that many employers … more

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Google is the most used search engine on the web, started by Larry Page and Sergey Brin. The search results are returned based on a PageRank algorithm, which involves over 200 criteria to find results for each search.

In addition to web pages, Google search also returns images, Excel files and YouTube results that are linked with the search.

Google search offers an "I'm feeling lucky" option which returns only the first search result, bypassing all others and all advertising. This option is reported to lose Google $110 million a year, as 1% of searches choose this option.